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Ubisoft has revealed that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will receive a full digital release on the PlayStation Network. Though no firm release date for the PSN version was given, Ubisoft Reflections MD Garth Edmonson told a Gamescom panel last week that it would arrive in a few weeks”, suggesting …
Read More »Download MCV’s Gamescom 2011 guide
The debut Gamescom event in 2009 couldn’t have gone any better, with some 245,000 visitors and 458 exhibitors from 31 countries making it the largest games trade fair in the world. The third Gamescom event kicks off next week on Wednesday August 17th, 2011, and will run until Sunday August …
Read More »Digital sales soar as Activision revenues reach $1.1bn
Activision Blizzard has posted better-than-expected revenues for Q2 2011, thanks largely to strong growth from its digital business. The publisher reported record net revenues of $1.1bn for the three months ended June 30th, up from $967m in the same period last year. This is ahead of the $985m previously expected. …
Read More »Avatar Kinect available now
Microsoft has released its camera-enabled Avatar Kinect software for download on Xbox Live. It can be had for free right now through Microsoft’s Kinect Fun Labs suite and is a 659MB download. The software would normally be reserved exclusively for Xbox Live Gold members, but until September 8th it will …
Read More »Freddy Krueger joins Mortal Kombat roster
Gamers can take control of horror movie icon Freddy Krueger in the latest piece of paid-for Mortal Kombat DLC. Owners of this year’s Mortal Kombat fighting game on either Xbox 360, PS3 or PC will be able to purchase and download Freddy on August 9th, according to IGN. The Nightmare …
Read More »Doctor Who: The Adventure Games set for October return
The BBC’s series of downloadable Doctor Who games will return in October, starting with The Gunpowder Plot. As with the original four episodes, released last year, the new wave of Adventure Games will be free to download via the BBC website and will star Matt Smith as the Doctor and …
Read More »Steam ups Valve’s download speeds
Valve has revamped its Steam platform to optimise content delivery, the company has said.With the help of new server and client codes, the overhauled Steam is said will offer better download rates for customers around the world. "The maximum aggregate bandwidth of the system will be greater than the current …
Read More »Nintendo video service could arrive tomorrow
A press release issued in Germany seems to indicate that Nintendo’s 3DS Video download service is due to launch in Europe tomorrow (July 13th). The content available will vary depending on the country you’re in, but UK consumers have been told to expect episodes of Shaun the Sheep as well …
Read More »World of Warcraft now F2P
It feels like barely a day passes without another key MMO dropping subscriptions in favour of the free-to-play model, and now the biggest MMO of them all is getting in on the act. Yes, Blizzard’s earth-conquering World of Warcraft is now free-to-play. Sort of. An alteration to WoW’s trial account …
Read More »New Rayman ‘too big’ for download
Ubisoft’s Rayman revamp has been promoted to a boxed product because the game concept doesn’t fit download services. New game Rayman Origins from the firm’s visionary designer Michel Ancel was conceived and first announced as a digital download title. But at E3 last week, the firm demoed the game and …
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